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time
1. informal A term of imprisonment. Used especially in the phrase "do time." Did you hear that Rick's an ex-con? He did time back in the '70s. Looks like she's going to be doing some time for her role in the embezzlement scheme.
2. The end of an allotted amount or period of time. The ref called time before player made the shot, so the goal won't count, unfortunately. OK, class, that's time. Please put your pens down and close your test booklets.
time out
1. noun A brief pause, break, or hiatus from something. I wish I had taken time out before starting this job—that might have kept me from getting burned out so quickly, Take time out for lunch. Work will still be here when you get back.
2. noun In sports, an official break in play allotted to each team. Usually hyphenated. They had better take a time-out here to set up a play. They burned their time-outs earlier in the half, so they have none remaining.
3. noun A punishment for young children who have misbehaved that consists of secluding them from activities and other people for a brief period of time. Sometimes hyphenated. If you keep throwing your toys like that, I'm going to give you a time out! I think he might need a time-out.
4. verb To cease or suspend operation, especially after being idle for a certain period of time. The demo of the video game will time out after 15 minutes. To save power and reduce the risk of harming the display, computer monitors are set to time out after 20 minutes of inactivity.
5. interjection Stop the clock. Said during sporting events. Time out, ref! One of our guys is injured.
6. interjection By extension, stop talking or doing what you're doing. OK, wait, time out—you didn't tell me that you and Tom were dating again! Time out! We are not driving this car another foot if you are going to keep acting like this!
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time (out)
Stop everything for just a minute! "Hey, stop a minute! Time out!" yelled Mary as the argument grew in intensity. Right in the middle of the discussion, Alice said, "Time!" Then she announced that dinner was ready.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
- (a) quarter of (a given hour in time)
- (a) quarter till (a given hour in time)
- (a) quarter to (a given hour in time)
- (and) not before time!
- (as) gay as springtime
- (as) old as time
- (goodbye) until next time
- (it's) (a)bout time
- (it's) better to be late than be dead on time
- (it's) time to call it a day
- (it's) time to call it a night
- (it's) time to cruise
- (it's) time to go
- (it's) time to hit the road
- (it's) time to jet off (to some place)
- (it's) time to move along
- (it's) time to push along
- (it's) time to push off
- (it's) time to run
- (it's) time to shove off
- (it's) time to split
- (it's) time to take off the gloves
- (one) can't turn back time
- (one) puts (one's) pants on one leg at a time
- (only) time will tell
- (some) time (a)round
- (someone's or something's) time has come
- (the/one's) time runs out
- a (ticking) time bomb
- a (unit of time) or two
- a bad time
- a devil of a time
- a full-time job
- a good time was had by all
- a grand old time
- a hard time
- a legend in (one's) own lifetime
- a legend in (one's) own lunchtime
- a legend in (one's) own time
- a little bit at a time
- a long time coming
- a matter of time
- a question of time
- a race against time
- a race against time/the clock
- a rough time
- a stitch in time
- a stitch in time (saves nine)
- a week is a long time in politics
- a whale of a (good) time
- about time
- about time too
- against the clock
- against time
- ahead of (someone's or something's) time
- ahead of one's time
- ahead of time
- ahead of your time
- ahead of your/its time
- ahead of/behind time
- all in due time
- all in good time
- all the time
- all the time in the world
- all-time high
- all-time high (low)
- all-time low
- any day now
- any minute, day, time, etc. now
- any old place
- any old thing
- any old thing, time, place, etc.
- any old time
- any time
- any time means no time
- any time now
- anytime you're ready
- appear at (some place)
- appear at some time
- arrange for
- arrange for some time
- arrive (at a specific time) on the dot
- arrive (somewhere) (up)on the stroke of (some time)
- arrive (somewhere) at the stroke of (some time)
- arrive in the nick of time
- arrive on the stroke of some time
- arrow of time
- at (one's) time of life
- at (some time) sharp
- at a set time
- at a time
- at my, your, etc. time of life
- at no time
- at one time
- at one time or another
- at present
- at some time sharp
- at that point
- at that point in time
- at the appointed time
- at the present time
- at the same time
- at the stroke of (some specific time)
- at the time
- at this juncture
- at this juncture/moment/point in time
- at this moment
- at this moment in time
- at this point
- at this point in time
- bad time
- bang-up time
- be (as) old as time
- be (one's) time
- be a long time coming
- be a question of time
- be ahead of (someone's or something's) time
- be ahead of/before/in advance of your time
- be before (one's) time
- be before somebody's time
- be caught in a time warp
- be in a time warp
- be in advance of (someone's or something's) time
- be in the right place at the right time
- be in the right spot at the right time
- be in the wrong place at the wrong time
- be in time (with someone or something)
- be just a matter of time
- be just a question of time
- be living on borrowed time
- be locked in a time warp
- be only a matter of time
- be only a question of time
- be pressed for money
- be pressed for space
- be pressed for time
- be pressed/pushed for money, space, time, etc.
- be pushed for money
- be pushed for space
- be pushed for time
- be stuck in a time warp
- be stuck in time
- be trapped in a time warp
- be/live on borrowed time
- bean time
- beat back Father Time
- beat time
- become pushed for time
- before (one's) time
- before time
- beguile the time
- behind (one's) time
- behind in
- behind its time
- behind time
- better luck next time
- bide (one's) time
- bide one's time
- bide one's time, to
- bide time
- bide your time
- big time
- big time, the
- big-time
- big-time operator
- big-time spender
- blow this popsicle stand
- blow this taco stand
- borrowed time
- borrowed time, on
- busiest men have the most leisure
- buy (something) on time
- buy (yourself) time
- buy on time
- buy time
- by the time
- call a time-out
- call one's own
- call time on (something)
- call time on something
- Can I have a moment of your time?
- can't call (one's) time (one's) own
- carry over to/until (some day or time)
- catch (one) another time
- catch (one) at a bad time
- catch (someone) some other time
- catch at a bad time
- Catch me later
- chow down
- closing time
- come back anytime
- comedy equals tragedy plus time
- copious free time
- crunch time
- dance out of time
- desperate times call for desperate measures
- desperate times require desperate measures
- devil of a time
- dial it back
- dial it down
- do hard time
- do something in your own sweet time/way
- do time
- Do you have the time?
- do/serve time
- Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
- don't waste your time
- doss down for (some period of time)
- doss down for some time
- down time
- downtime
- drastic times call for drastic measures
- drastic times require drastic measures
- during the course of
- eat an elephant one bite at a time
- every time
- every time (one) farts
- every time (one) turns around
- every time I turn around
- every time one turns around
- exist on borrowed time
- face time
- fight against time
- find the time
- find time for (someone or something)
- footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down
- for old times' sake
- for quite some time
- for the hundredth time
- for the last time
- for the moment
- for the nth time
- for the time being
- for the umpteenth time
- free time
- from that day/time forth
- from this/that day forth
- from this/that time forth
- from time immemorial
- from time to time
- from/since time immemorial
- frozen in time
- fullness of time, in the
- full-time job
- gain time
- game time
- get a hard time (from someone)
- get face time (with someone)
- get in(to) time (with someone or something)
- get out of time
- get out of time (with someone or something)
- get pushed for time
- get the time
- get time for (someone, something, or oneself)
- get time off for good behavior
- get with the times
- getting on toward (a time)
- give (one) a bad time
- give (one) a hard time
- give (one) a rough time
- give (one) time off
- give (one) time off for good behavior
- give (one) time to catch (one's) breath
- give (someone) the time of day, not to/won't
- give a hard time
- give it time
- give me (someone or something) any day/time
- give somebody a rough, hard, bad, etc. time
- give someone the time of day
- go back in time
- go down for the third time
- good time
- good time man
- Good-bye for now
- good-time Charley
- good-time Charlie
- good-time it
- good-time man
- greatest of all time
- guarantee (something) against (something) for (some length of time)
- had a nice time
- half the time
- hang up (one's) hat
- happen before (one's) time
- hard time
- hardly have time to breathe
- hardly have time to think
- have (some) time to kill
- have (something) to play with
- have (the) time
- have a bad time
- Have a good time
- have a hard time
- have a hard time with (someone or something)
- have a high old time
- have a lot of time for (someone or something)
- have a lot of time for somebody/something
- have a rare old time
- have a rough time
- have a rough time (of it)
- have a thin time
- have a thin time (of it)
- have a time of it
- have a tough time (of it)
- have a whale of a (good) time
- have a whale of a time
- have an easy time of it
- have money, time, etc. to play with
- have no time for (someone or something)
- have no time for somebody/something
- have the time of (one's) life
- have the time of life
- have the time of your life
- have time for (someone or something)
- have time off
- have time on (one's) hands
- have time on (one's) side
- have time on hands
- have time on your hands
- have time to catch (one's) breath
- have time to kill
- have to shove off
- Have you got the time?
- haven't seen you in a long time
- Having a wonderful time. Wish you were here.
- having a wonderful time; wish you were here
- having the time of my life
- He puts his pants on one leg at a time
- hell of a time
- high old time
- high time
- hit the big time
- hold up
- How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
- how time flies
- humor equals tragedy plus time
- I can't remember the last time (something happened)
- I don't have time to breathe
- I don't have time to catch my breath
- I had a good time
- I had a lovely time
- I/we had a good time
- I/we had a lovely time
- I/we had a nice time
- if I had (some monetary unit) for every (something), I'd be rich!
- if I had (some monetary unit) for every time (something happened)
- if you can't do the time, don't do the crime
- I'll try to catch (one) some other time
- I'm having quite a time
- in (an amount of time) flat
- in (one's) day
- in (one's) own good time
- in (one's) own sweet time
- in (one's) own sweet way
- in (one's) own time
- in (one's) spare time
- in (one's) time
- in another life(time)
- in due course
- in due time
- in good time
- in half the time
- in jig time
- in less than no time
- in next to no time
- in no time
- in no time (at all)
- in no time flat
- in nothing flat
- in process of time
- in real time
- in record time
- in somebody's day/time
- in spare time
- in the course of (something)
- in the fullness of time
- in the interest of (saving) time
- in the interest of saving time
- in the nick of time
- in the right place at the right time
- in the space of (an amount of time)
- in the very nick of time
- in the wrong place at the wrong time
- in time
- in time (with someone or something)
- in your own good time
- in your own time
- incapacitate (someone) for (a period of time)
- incapacitate (someone) for (something) for (a period of time)
- invest (one's) time in (something)
- invest time in
- Is that the time?
- it is high time
- it is high time that
- it's about time
- It's about time!
- it's crunch time
- it's feeding time at the zoo
- it's high time
- it's high/about time...
- it's only, just, etc. a matter/a question of time
- it's payback time
- it's time I was off
- it's time we should be going
- I've had a lovely time
- jump back in time
- just in the nick of time
- just in time
- keep (something) for another time/day/week/etc.
- keep good time
- keep in time (with someone or something)
- keep time
- keep track of (someone or something)
- keep until (some point in time)
- keep until some time
- kill (an amount of time)
- kill time
- kill time, a couple of hours, etc.
- kill time, to
- knocking-off time
- know ahead of time
- know the time of day
- lag time
- last for (some period of time)
- lead time
- leave (something) for another time/day/week/etc.
- legend in own time
- less than
- Life is short and time is swift
- life is short(, and time is swift)
- like feeding time at the zoo
- live on borrowed time
- living on borrowed time
- long time
- long time no see
- long time, no hear
- long time, no talk
- lose (some amount of) time
- lose no time (in) (doing something)
- lose some amount of time
- lose time
- lose track of time
- lose/waste no time
- lost in the mists of time
- lost in the sands of time
- lowsing time
- make good time
- make good, etc. time
- make it in the nick of time
- make time
- make time for (someone or something)
- make time with (someone)
- make up for lost time
- make up the time
- make up time
- make-up time
- many a time
- many and many's the time (that)
- many 's the time
- many's the time (that)
- march in time (with someone or something)
- march on
- march out of time
- march out of time (with someone or something)
- mark time
- May I have a moment of your time?
- maybe another time
- maybe some other time
- mists of time
- money to burn
- move on
- next, first, second, etc. time around/round
- nick of time, (just) in the
- no time for, have
- no time like the present
- no time like the present, there's
- no time to lose
- not able to call (one's) time (one's) own
- not able to call time own
- not any time soon
- not before time
- not give (one) the time of day
- not give anyone the time of day
- not give somebody the time of day
- not give someone the time of day
- not know the time of day
- not ready for prime time
- nut-cutting time
- of all time
- on (one's) own time
- on borrowed time
- on borrowed time, live
- on one's hands
- on one's own time
- on own time
- on the stroke of (some specific time)
- on time
- once more
- once upon a time
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